Medieval Indian History MCQs

Multiple choice questions on Medieval Indian History for General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations. These questions are part of GKToday’s 35000+ MCQs Bank Course in GKToday Android App

1. The irrigation tax was charged on the farmers for the first time by which among the following Sultans?

[A] Alauddin Khilji
[B] Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
[C] Mohammad Tughlaq
[D] Firoz Tughlaq

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2. Which sultan of Delhi was contemporary of Chengiz Khan?

[A] Iltutmish
[B] Alauddin Khilji
[C] Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
[D] Ibrahim Lodi

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3. Who among the following was the contemporary leader of Chengiz Khan ?

[A] Genghis Khan
[B] Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat Beg
[C] Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari
[D] Iitutmish

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4. A manuscript titled “Sarab Gutaka” is ascribed to which among the following mystics?

[A] Bhagat Pipa
[B] Surdas
[C] Bhagat Trilochan
[D] Bhagat Namdev

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5. In which among the following territories, Marco Polo had travels in the last decade of 13th century in India?

[A] Chola
[B] Pandya
[C] Madurai Sultanate
[D] Cheras

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6. Which among the following rulers of Delhi Sultanate declared himself as Sikandar-I-Sani?

[A] Balban
[B] Kaiqubad
[C] Alauddin Khilji
[D] Firoz Tughlaq

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7. Who was the Hindushahi ruler who killed himself after being defeated by Mahmud of Ghazni?

[A] Anandapala
[B] Jaipala
[C] Sri Bhima deva
[D] Jai Chandra

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8. For the first time, a Famine-code was formulated in the Delhi Sultanate during the reign of __?

[A] Slaves
[B] Tughlaqs
[C] Khaljis
[D] Lodhis

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9. Who among the following accepted Din-i-Ilahi?

[A] Raja Man Singh
[B] Birbal
[C] Raja Tansen
[D] Raja Todarmal

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10. Consider the following pairs:

  1. Ramanujacharya — South India
  2. Chaitanya — Central India
  3. Vallabhacharya — Gujarat and Brajarea
  4. Ramanand — North India

Of these pairs:

[A] 1, 2 and 3 are correctly matched
[B] 2, 3 and 4 are correctly matched
[C] 1 and 4 are correctly matched
[D] 1, 3 and 4 are correctly matched

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